DEGREE OVERVIEW
Art History: 30 credit hours
Art History 101: 3 hours
Art History 102: 3 hours
Art History Electives: 24 hours

Capstone: 3 hours

Minor: 18-24 credit hours
One plan A or two plan B minors

Achievement Centered Education
(ACE) Outcomes: 3 hours each
Outcome 1 Writing
Outcome 2 Communication
Outcome 3 Mathematics
Outcome 4 Sciences
Outcome 5 Humanities
Outcome 6 Social Sciences
Outcome 7 Arts
Outcome 8 Ethics
Outcome 9 Diversity
Outcome 10 Capstone

Library 110: 1 hour

Foreign Language: 0-16 hours

Electives: 22-44 hours

Total Hours: 120
Image of History of Prints class
Students study prints from at Sheldon Museum of Art during Prof. Alison Stewart's History of Prints class, 2012.
The bachelor of arts (BA) in Art History provides a humanistic foundation for understanding the visual arts, emphasizing the social, political, historical and religious contexts for studying art. Courses are offered in Western art from ancient to modern. If you pursue a BA in Art History, you will fulfill a foreign language requirement and have a minor, a second major, or a second degree.

Courses regularly offered:
Intro to Art History and Criticism I
Intro to Art History and Criticism II
Classical Art and Archaeology
Medieval Art
Italian Renaissance Art
Northern Renaissance Art
Baroque Art
Modern Art
American Art to 1865
Archaeological Fieldwork
Greek Art and Archaeology
Roman Art and Archaeology
Late Medieval Art in Europe
Early Renaissance Art
High Renaissance and Mannerist Art
European Art of the 19th Century
European Art of the 20th Century
Classical Architecture
Greek Sculpture
Roman Painting
Gothic Painting and Prints
The Italian Renaissance City
Northern Renaissance and Reformation Art
Italian Baroque Art
Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Art Since 1945
19th Century American Art
American Art 1893-1939
History of Prints
Special Topics in Art History

Current Art History majors are minoring, double majoring, or getting a second degree in the subjects below. Additional programs are available.

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Art
Asian Studies
Anthropology
Business
Classics
Communication Studies
Economics
English
German Language
Global Studies
History
International Business
Psychology
Religious Studies
Spanish Language


How do I apply?

Select "Art History" as your major on the undergraduate application. Visit the Office of Admissions website for additional details.

Undergraduate Art History Scholarships

Up to three ($1000 each) competitive scholarships are now available to new art history majors, to be awarded on the basis of academic performance and commitment to the history of art. Students must apply within a year of declaring the major. The deadline is April 15. To apply, please turn in a paragraph no longer than 500 words explaining your interest in the major to the Coordinator of the Art History Program; for Spring 2013, to Prof. Wendy Katz, wkatz2@unl.edu.

Trompe l'oeil ceiling fresco by Andrea Pozzo.
The Glory of St. Ignatius, 17th-century trompe l'oeil fresco by Andrea Pozzo, Rome, church of S. Ignazio.